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WEDNESDAY 22ND DECEMBER 2010
JESSE HOGAN : FAIRFAX
IN THE middle of the most traditional
contest in cricket, Cricket Australia has
unveiled its biggest break with tradition.
The looming Big Bash Twenty20 competition
between the states will be the last, with next
season’s competition to consist of eight
city-based teams with no link to the states’
nicknames or colours.
It will also mandate the end of players’
commitment to only their home state for
Twenty20, with many players required to
move to fulfill Cricket Australia’s ambition
for all eight teams to be immediately
competitive.
‘’They’ll be completely new entities, entities
designed for this competition,’’ Cricket
Australia’s Big Bash chief Mike McKenna
said.
‘’A lot of those brands [like.... Read more
TIGER Woods had a cortisone shot
in his right ankle 10 days ago to
relieve lingering soreness.
By Tuesday, he was back to
work hitting balls and filming a
commercial.
Mark Steinberg, his agent at IMG,
said Woods had intended all along
to have the shot after the Chevron
World Challenge, which ended on
December 5.
Woods has nearly two months
off before his next tournament at
Torrey Pines.
“ This was always the plan,”
Steinberg said. “He’s looking at
2011 as a big year for him.”
At this year’s Masters, Woods revealed he ruptured the Achilles’ tendon
in his right leg in December 2008 while recovering from knee surgery.
Steinberg says it still causes soreness, prompting the... Read more
TDU blow
AUSTRALIAN star Robbie
McEwen could be looking
for a new team after
international officials refused
a ProContinental licence to
new Australian outfit Pegasus
Sports. The decision by
cycling’s governing body, the
UCI, means Pegasus will not
be able to compete in major
events in 2011, including the
Tour de France or Adelaide’s
Tour Down Under.
Spinner banned
WEST INDIES off-spinner
Shane Shillingford has
been banned from
international cricket due
to an illegal bowling action.
The International Cricket
Council said in a statement
overnight that an analysis on
Shillingford’s bowling action
confirmed an elbow extension
of 17 degrees – beyond the 15
degrees level permitted under
cricket’s laws.
SPORTS BRIEFS
End of a short-lived era for Redbacks
Australia
reverts to the
sledge
FOR the past two years rival teams have been
exploiting meeker Australian players who were
scared to sledge for fear of a backlash from Cricket
Australia and the public after the bitter Sydney
Test against India in 2008, the players’ union says.
Australian Cricketers’ Association chief executive
Paul Marsh said they were told to tone down their
aggression after the uproar from that Test and the
results have suffered. A new-found aggression
was on display in Perth last week and Australia
produced one of its finest performances since that
2008 debacle.
‘’I think there’s no doubt the team’s performance
has been affected,’’ Marsh said last night. ‘’Hard,
aggressive cricket is in the Australian team’s DNA
and unfortunately the players... Read more
Umpire Steve Bucknor attempts to calm down an exchange between Shane Warne and
Graeme Smith at the MCG, Boxing Day 2005.
Woods in Melbourne last month
SPORT
Redback’s T20 identity shelved
Tiger’s painful year
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